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Dickerson Prize Winners

Albert I. Dickerson, for many years Dean of Freshmen, took great interest in first-year composition. In his memory, a prize has been established which will be awarded annually to that student who writes an outstanding expository essay in a First-Year Seminar/Humanities 2, or in a Writing 5/Humanities 1 class, or in a Writing 2-3 class, as decided by a volunteer committee of Writing faculty from across the first-year courses.

2014 Dickerson Prize Winners

The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric extends its congratulations to this year’s Dickerson Prize winners. The 2014 Albert I. Dickerson 1930 Freshman Writing Prizes have been awarded to the following students for papers written during the 2013-2014 academic year: